WASHINGTON (JTA) — The United States marked the 25th anniversary of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. “Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Israel, an agreement that began a tradition of peaceful and respectful cooperation that continues […]

JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) – Chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish Federation and Chair of UIA Cynthia Shapira, spoke in Jerusalem on Sunday to mark one year since the massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Addressing the audience at The Jewish Agency Board of Trustees, she said that on this “very sad and terrible […]

JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump Sunday on the targeted killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “I want to congratulate President Trump on the impressive achievement, an operation that led to the death of the Daash leader Al Baghdadi,” said Netanyahu. “This reflects the united resolve of the […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Negotiators from the Likud and Blue and White parties met on Sunday for the first time since Blue and White leader Benny Gantz was given the mandate by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to form a government, according to a Ynet report. Tourism Minister Yariv Levin and attorney Michael Ravillo attended on the […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — A representative from the Israel Aerospace Industries talked on Tuesday about Israel’s continued hopes of becoming the fourth country to land softly on the moon, following a failed attempt in April. Israel’s “Beresheet” aircraft crashed on the moon due to a computer glitch that prevented the spacecraft from slowing down properly during […]

Jerusalem (VosIzNeias) – Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire co-founder of multinational venture capital conglomerate the Virgin Group, is visiting this week the state of Israel to inaugurate the airline’s new route from London Heathrow to Ben-Gurion Airport. Branson, who kissed the ground after landing in Tel Aviv on Wednesday told reporters that Israel is a […]

MEVO MODI’IM (JNS) — The first thing you notice when you pass through the gate and into the moshav is the smell. Like a campfire that was doused with water and left to sputter. The second thing: just how many of the trees look like they’ve survived an inferno. Because they have. Back in May, […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Carved into the rock on the side of a mountain directly under the Har HaMenuchot cemetery here lies the entrance to Jerusalem’s newest necropolis, a city of the dead that its designers hope will relieve a shortage of burial space in the capital. A local engineering firm and Jerusalem’s largest burial society […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — The Israel Defense Forces demolished the home of Islam Yousef Abu Hamid for the second time on Thursday, after his family rebuilt it following the original demolition in December 2018. Abu Hamid was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 2019 by an Israeli military court for the murder of IDF St. Sgt. […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Blue and White and Likud party leaders Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet in the coming days to discuss the possibility of forming a unity government, the parties announced on Wednesday night. The announcement followed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s official transfer of the mandate to form a government to […]